By: Bethany Morse Rationale Objectives Resources Vocabulary Activities Lesson Celebrate Black History Month is a thematic unit developed to teach students about the history and culture of African Americans. Throughout the unit students will not only develop a knowledge of black history, but also empathy for African Americans. Menu Next Previous Students will be able to recreate the persona of an influential African American and conduct an interview as that person. Students will be able to apply their understanding of different periods in African American History to the creation of projects based upon those periods of time. Students will analyze various works of art from throughout African American history. Menu Next Previous Kjhsdkfhkdsf Menu Next Previous nology.com/worksheets/soc_studies/blackhis tory/quiz/ (vocab)nology.com/worksheets/soc_studies/blackhis tory/quiz/ Menu Next Previous Oppression Equality Abolitionist Segregation Freedom Emancipation Heritage Culture Menu Next Previous Civil Rights Movement Enslavement Slavery Folk Tale Slave Trade Black History Month Reading Math Science Art Music Physical Education Physical Education Students will read various folk tales from Africa. As students read, they will take note of the customs and culture that they learned from reading the folktales. Then students will write their own folktale based upon what they learned from the example. Menu Activities Next Students will study the persuasive power of the speeches given by famous African Americans such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Barak Obama. Students will analyze the structure of the speeches to determine how effective they were. Menu Activities Next TO COMPLETE ACTIVITY ONE TEACHERS WILL NEED: Book of African Folktales Worksheet to assist students in discussion of African customs and culture A student book for students to write their own Folktale TO COMPLETE ACTIVITY TWO TEACHERS WILL NEED: Copies of famous speeches Graphic 0rganizer to assist students with analysis Videos of speeches being delivered Worksheet about persuasive speaking Menu Activities Next library/teens2/BHmonthcontest/image Image 1library/teens2/BHmonthcontest/image pinto/images/vocabulary.gif image 2pinto/images/vocabulary.gif fricanFolktales.jpg image 3fricanFolktales.jpg